Mobile Repairing: Think before giving your phone for repair, your private video can also get leaked..

When the phone gets damaged or broken, people give it to the repair center for repair, but while giving the phone, we make some mistakes that can create trouble for us. Recently, a similar incident happened with a woman in Kolkata, about which you might be aware. This woman alleges that the repair center leaked some private videos.

The incident that happened with this woman can happen to you tomorrow, so in case of a phone breakdown, you need to take some precautions before giving the phone to the repair center.

Use the built-in feature of the smartphone.

Before giving the phone for repair, do some important work, like nowadays, a useful feature is given in most smartphones to protect from unauthorized access, which you will find by different names in smartphones of different companies. In Samsung and OnePlus, this feature will be available by the name 'Maintenance mode', while in Apple iPhone, you will see this feature by the name Repair state.

Apart from this, you will find this feature in Google Pixel smartphones by the name of Repair Mode. All these modes can be accessed by going to the phone settings. To find this feature, you can also search by opening the phone settings and entering the name of the feature in the search bar. Note that this method will work for you only if your phone is still working even after it gets damaged.

Backup and reset: If the phone is on, save the data on the cloud or laptop, or do a factory reset before giving the phone for repair

Remove the SIM and memory card: Before giving the phone for repair, check carefully whether the SIM card and memory card have been removed from the phone.

Use of Secure Folder: Most smartphones provide the facility to lock and hide private photos and files, you can also use this feature.

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